Near misses - mod warning 22/04 - see OP/post 822

BoardsMember · 11-06-2018 08:04PM

Drove to work today, could quite easily/conceivably have knocked down tow cyclists had I not been alert.

One situation was coming into a narrow pat of road in Rathgar, with a cyclist on the footpath on my side of the road. There were pedestrians coming towards the cyclists, so he just bunnyhops off the path as I am just about to drive past. I slammed on and just missed him.

Taking a left up in dundrum later on, a oath is set back a good bit off the road. I happened to notice a cyclist on the path, again cycling in the same direction as me. I take my left, he just continue straight on to the path the other side of the junction. If I hadn't already have seen him I'd have broadsides him. I needed, he didn't even acknowledge me.

I cycle all the time so I know how many bad drivers are out there. These guys had a deathwish, one that will be granted if they keep cycling like that with the crap drivers that are out there. Both were boys in their late teens.

Lambay island · 11-06-2018 09:36PM

I witnessed a dublin bus driver dangerously beeping, tailgating and intimidating a cyclist at the luas tracks at college green this evening. He basically forced the cyclist to break the ped red light at Westmoreland street as if he didn't he would have been crushed by the bus as he steamrolled through the red right behind him. I caught up with him to see if he was ok. He was a bit shook but said he would be reporting it to the guards.

average_runner · 12-06-2018 09:03AM

Lambay island wrote: »

I witnessed a dublin bus driver dangerously beeping, tailgating and intimidating a cyclist at the luas tracks at college green this evening. He basically forced the cyclist to break the ped red light at Westmoreland street as if he didn't he would have been crushed by the bus as he steamrolled through the red right behind him. I caught up with him to see if he was ok. He was a bit shook but said he would be reporting it to the guards.

It seems common enough there, the buses and the luas are bullying anyone in their way

Duckjob · 12-06-2018 09:37AM

Out in rural nth Dublin yesterday. Coming up to a little shop with a little parking area directly outside it. I was doing a decent clip and actually nearly drawing level with the start of the car park when a guy in a white van gunned past me, and immediatly indicated braked and swerved into the car park in front of me so I had to slam on my brakes and continue around him.

Some people just can't help themselves to act the dick as soon as they see a cyclist ahead of them on the road.

bob b · 12-06-2018 10:23AM

A few weeks ago I had a really close pass by a car - I felt the wing mirror as it went by and if I'd moved more that a few cms I'd have been hit and, given the speed of the car, probably killed. There was an oncoming car, so instead of slowing down the driver decided to go almost through me. I had camera footage and was sufficiently annoyed/shaken I called Traffic watch. The next day I got a call from the Guards and managed to give a statement on Saturday. I showed the footage and the guard's exact words were "sh*t that was close". The preferred option is a FPN and a fine for the driver, but they did say that without the camera footage nothing could be done. I asked them to show the driver the footage, so with the fine and points perhaps in future this driver will take a bit more care.

I was pleasantly surprised by the attitude of the Guards and the ease of using Traffic Watch. So all in all a good ending.

Rechuchote · 12-06-2018 10:34AM

Lambay island wrote: »

I witnessed a dublin bus driver dangerously beeping, tailgating and intimidating a cyclist at the luas tracks at college green this evening. He basically forced the cyclist to break the ped red light at Westmoreland street as if he didn't he would have been crushed by the bus as he steamrolled through the red right behind him. I caught up with him to see if he was ok. He was a bit shook but said he would be reporting it to the guards.

You should report it too, and to Dublin Bus via their "online form". A witness report will add value to the endangered cyclist's report.

Duckjob wrote: »

Some people just can't help themselves to act the dick as soon as they see a cyclist ahead of them on the road.

What is this "see" of which you speak?

mr spuckler · 12-06-2018 10:48AM

Rechuchote wrote: »

What is this "see" of which you speak?

yep, I had someone join my lane of traffic in front of me from a side road on my right hand side today. she joined the lane as if I wasn't even there and soon after came to a stop at lights. as I passed by her and made a polite gesture to indicate my presence she remained completely oblivious.

yesterday near the same spot with about 5 cyclists stopped at a red light, the car at the top of the queue repeatedly gunned his engine, can only have been to intimidate us. thought it was hilarious he did.

plodder · 12-06-2018 11:20AM

Had a scary close pass from a TNT artic on the R108 this morning. Traffic coming opposite direction and I don't know how he thought he could squeeze through safely. Caught up with him at the lights and had a 'conversation' from a distance by sign language. He got the message and waited patiently behind me then and gave about 3 metres when passing.

ewc78 · 12-06-2018 11:41AM

PaulieC wrote: »

I was driving north across the east-link at the weekend, a woman on a bike in front of us. There was an artic truck coming in the opposite direction, from the port, and he entered the roundabout indicating to turn on the quay. The woman in front of us proceeded onto the roundabout, heading northwards. She held her arm out to the truck to stop him, even though she was completely in the wrong when she entered the roundabout. I was full sure he was going to hit her, but he slammed on and stopped just in time. Lucky woman.

Lucky woman but also lucky lorry driver, because if he hits her, and possibly kills her, he will have to live with it for the rest of his life even though as you say she was in the wrong.

Borderfox · 12-06-2018 02:18PM

On the way from Tara na Ri up to Skryne hill and had a guy overtake me on a blind bend and at the brow of the hill just missing a car by diving in front of me, I hadn't realised he had a trailer too and that was so close to me.

Unbelievable behaviour, the one day I didn't have the gopro on

RacoonQueen · 13-06-2018 11:34AM

Saw this one in London on twitter last night
https://twitter.com/lxtwin/status/1006206378309029894

What Username Guidelines · 13-06-2018 11:39AM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Saw this one in London on twitter last night

Loved this reply

https://twitter.com/MetCycleCops/status/1006533441205276672

13-06-2018 12:05PM

Jesus I'd be having a brown shorts moment there :eek:

Idleater · 14-06-2018 08:44AM

SUV left hooker this morning. Saw it as she went past so not a near miss for me, but she wasn't turning into a road, but a "driveway/parking spaces". Again nothing mad, apart from the fact that there's a busy bus stop there and she swings basically straight into the line that had to part to let her through. Obviously her haste to pass me surprised them.
:rolleyes:

py · 14-06-2018 09:14AM

Cyclist within about 1 second of being taken out on Golden Lane this morning by a taxi driver, good thing cyclist had his wits about him. Taxi driver impatiently undertook someone so he could move 20 metres to once again sit in traffic. He didn't want to wait 5 seconds for the car to turn right. :rolleyes:

5uspect · 15-06-2018 07:45PM

On the way home this evening heading west on the Clonsilla road when an idiot in a ****ty old red BMW shot past me at speed against oncoming traffic with only millimetres to spare. Caught up with him (typical boy racer twat of course) when he pulled into a petrol station, naturally it wall all my fault...

ED E · 19-06-2018 09:02PM

Death by Douche Bag Dublin Bus

https://twitter.com/IsMiseNessy/status/1009097580494585856

Seth Brundle · 19-06-2018 10:15PM

That should be reported to the gardai

19-06-2018 11:13PM

Seth Brundle wrote: »

That should be reported to the gardai

Agreed. Though it got me to thinking have there been many DB drivers before the courts or getting points etc. over the years? The cynic in my suspects not and most get referred for more "Training"

gmacww · 20-06-2018 09:10AM

Today was one of those mornings. 06:45 just after leaving Blessington and a SuperValu truck over took me with cm's to spare while I was in the hard shoulder. Little futher down the road at the circle k garage just after the citywest turnoff a 4x4 pulled out in front of me without so much as a look. Puncture in harrolds x followed by a lady in an audi q5 turning left right across me with no indicator on eastwall road.

I hadn't even started the working day and I already didn't care about work!

check_six · 20-06-2018 10:22AM

Yeah, what was up with people today? First I had a driving instructor start to begin a left hook before thinking better of it. Then I was trying to switch from an right lane into a left lane after a roundabout. I had about 15m gap ahead of the inside traffic. When I indicated we were all going around the same speed. I went to move but the car on the inside decided to put the foot down to cut me off. No amount of waving or shouting from me made them shift their gaze from straight ahead.

Neither of these qualify as a "near miss" in that I could anticipate the stupidity and carelessness before it became a serious problem, but some people need to understand that they need to give driving their full attention all the time and at least read the road directly in front of them a whole lot better (never mind reading the situation a long way down the road and around you like you should).

Rechuchote · 20-06-2018 12:35PM

I was on the iBike Dublin lane protection yesterday and was standing facing the oncoming traffic. It was particularly noticeable that the coach drivers (intercity buses and tour coaches) appeared in a dream, their eyes fixed ahead and never glancing around… or at their mirrors. Except the Viking Splash drivers, who looked around at everything - and one even got his passengers to do a Viking roar at us. (Why don't they teach them the Icelandic football clap? That would be even better!)

Actually, not all of the coach drivers; two gave us a thumbs-up. But a lot of them seemed fixed in a dream.

AndrewJRenko · 20-06-2018 08:53PM

gmacww wrote: »

Today was one of those mornings. 06:45 just after leaving Blessington and a SuperValu truck over took me with cm's to spare while I was in the hard shoulder. Little futher down the road at the circle k garage just after the citywest turnoff a 4x4 pulled out in front of me without so much as a look. Puncture in harrolds x followed by a lady in an audi q5 turning left right across me with no indicator on eastwall road.

I hadn't even started the working day and I already didn't care about work!

Helluva commute!

gmacww · 21-06-2018 09:14AM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Helluva commute!

34.8km each way, every day

After yesterdays adventure what happened on the way in this morning? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Grand spin in.

What Username Guidelines · 21-06-2018 09:19AM

From this morning - I would love to know what I'm doing wrong here, this is almost a carbon copy of a video I put up here around this time last year. Driver said I should be on the cycle track and "it's a bus stop". Any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GqFhaLa44E

magicbastarder · 21-06-2018 09:28AM

you have his reg? i'd report that.

21-06-2018 09:33AM

No need for that to have happened. All he had to do was ease off the gas a bit on approaching the stop and you'd have been clear and him pulled in at the cost of what 5 seconds?

gmacww · 21-06-2018 09:55AM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

From this morning - I would love to know what I'm doing wrong here, this is almost a carbon copy of a video I put up here around this time last year. Driver said I should be on the cycle track and "it's a bus stop". Any ideas?

I go this way every day in winter time and this has happened to me a couple of times at that stop. The design of the cycling lane and bus stop doesn't help matters at all. What I do is knowing I'm coming up to the stop (and there is another very similar at the GAA club) signal well in advance that I'm moving out and once the cycling path flattens to road level move out into the bus lane. Then I stay on the road through the lights etc...

amcalester · 21-06-2018 09:59AM

gmacww wrote: »

I go this way every day in winter time and this has happened to me a couple of times at that stop. The design of the cycling lane and bus stop doesn't help matters at all. What I do is knowing I'm coming up to the stop (and there is another very similar at the GAA club) signal well in advance that I'm moving out and once the cycling path flattens to road level move out into the bus lane. Then I stay on the road through the lights etc...

This is my route too though.

I do similar but I've had taxi drivers try and shepherd me back into the cycle lane so it's lose lose in my experience.

CramCycle · 21-06-2018 10:16AM

Coming round the Spawell roundabout yesterday, as I was moving over to take the third exit, 2 cars decided to stop but a moped that had stopped decided to take off again. Done my best to control my braking so I wouldn't face plant. We would have hit front wheels but I managed to fish tail my rear wheel and side ways skid. I let a roar and we skimmed off each other but he just looked at me with confusion. I don't think he even realised we connected.

More annoyed I missed his reg.

Then this morning I had a car pull out in front of me in Shankill, managed to slow and stop but I gave a bit of a dirty look, well what he didn't say. All I could think was, what was the point. I had stopped in time, all you had to do was wave, or say sorry, even looking sheepish, but no, you pulling out in front of me is entirely my fault.

Near misses - mod warning 22/04 - see OP/post 822

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